The nexus of community perception on turning idyllic Panchor town into a future river tourism destination

Figures & data

Figure 1. Panchor location and site plan.

Source: Haziq Danial Hazizi (2020)

Figure 2. Research framework.

Table 1. Sources of instrument

Section	Study variable	Sources
A	Demographic profile	Self-developed
B-A	Community attachment	Meimand et al. (2017)
B-B	Intrinsic motivation	Meimand et al. (2017)
B-C	Local tourism knowledge	Hanafiah et al. (2013) Khanna and Khajuria (2016); Abdollahzadeh and Sharifzadeh (2014); and Miyakuni (2012).
D	Resident’s perception	Moghavvemi et al. (2017) and Doh (2010).

Table 2. Items loading

Items	Community Attachment	Local Intrinsic Motivation	Local Knowledge About Tourism	Community Perceptions
A3	0.8295	0.5775	0.6386	0.5143
A4	0.9655	0.7938	0.7619	0.7372
A5	0.9434	0.7267	0.6982	0.7175
B10	0.7198	0.8854	0.7641	0.7230
B6	0.7392	0.8096	0.6460	0.6458
B8	0.6331	0.8895	0.7281	0.5820
B9	0.6003	0.9160	0.7425	0.6179
C11	0.7169	0.7441	0.8337	0.7039
C12	0.6490	0.7398	0.7706	0.6701
C13	0.6050	0.6072	0.8567	0.6527
C14	0.6554	0.6758	0.8906	0.7403
C15	0.6051	0.6221	0.8671	0.6798
D16	0.7217	0.7523	0.7408	0.9362
D17	0.5960	0.5780	0.6287	0.8887

Table 3. Measurement model

Construct	Items	Loading	AVE	CR
Community Attachment	A3	0.8295	0.8367	0.9356
	A4	0.9655
	A5	0.9434
Local Intrinsic Motivation	B10	0.8854	0.7674	0.9028
	B6	0.8096
	B8	0.8895
	B9	0.9160
Local Knowledge About Tourism	C11	0.8337	0.7136	0.9007
	C12	0.7706
	C13	0.8567
	C14	0.8906
	C15	0.8671
Community Perceptions	D16	0.9362	0.8331	0.8431
	D17	0.8887

Table 4. Fornell-Larcker criterion- discriminant validity

Construct	Community Attachment	Community Perceptions	Local Intrinsic Motivation	Local Knowledge About Tourism
Community Attachment	0.9147
Community Perceptions	0.7287	0.9128
Local Intrinsic Motivation	0.7732	0.7390	0.8760
Local Knowledge About Tourism	0.7663	0.8178	0.8276	0.8448

Figure 3. Path coefficient for structural model.

Table 5. The correlation Matrix of the Lantern variable

Variables	Community Attachment	Local Intrinsic Motivation	Local Knowledge About Tourism	Community Perceptions
Community Attachment	1
Local Intrinsic Motivation	0.735**	1
Local Knowledge About Tourism	0.76**	0.826**	1
Community Perceptions	0.696**	0.721**	0.803**	1

Notes: **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level.

Table 6. Results of the hypothesis testing

Hypothesis	Std Beta	Std Error	T-value	95% Bootstrap-t	Q^2	Remarks
H1	0.611	0.031	19.1	(−0.114,0.544)	0.02	small
H2	0.863	0.035	23.97	(0.143,0.859)	0.03	small
H3	0.309	0.036	8.1315	(−0.183,0.444)	0.04	small

Notes: R² = 0.889, P-value = 0.000, The bootstrap samples were 5000 samples, $q^2$=Predictive Relevance.

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